When we woke up this morning the fog had settled in big time although the temperatures were still in the low 60’s. I walked to the end of the dock several times to see if visibility was getting any better. About 10 a.m. I talked to the captain of the…
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St. Petersburg Municipal Marina – 1/19/11 (day 2)
We spent the morning today doing a few chores and projects around the boat before our guests arrive later this afternoon. My brother-in-law’s cousin, Mike and Marilyn called from Gulfport and unfortunately we couldn’t find a time to get together with t…
St. Petersburg Municipal Marina – 1/18/11
We woke up this morning to major fog which was not expected to lift until after 10:30 so what should we do until then…. either wash our boat like Skip is doing, or …GO SHOPPING! This was an interesting nautical shop that had a little bit of everyth…
Clearwater Municipal Marina – 1/17/11
Heavy rain during the night and into early afternoon. Skip put a bucket out and captured around 4 inches of the stuff. Glad we weren’t home in WV or it would have been white stuff up to our ….Ricki fixed a fantastic gravy and biscuit brunch for us wh…
Sunday, 1/16/11
Boca Chica Key, KW, Florida Kaely flew back to Connecticut last Sunday to enjoy the blizzard this week!? Blaine, Elise & Zoe flew back to Phoenix last Sunday. We made many new memories and enjoyed our time together. Now just the two of us again missing the babysitting and playing with Zoe at the beach and reading […]
Clearwater Municipal Marina – 1/16/11
January 15, 2011 – Six boats that got together last night, decided to cross the Gulf together today. We had a final meeting with Buddy, the weather expert at the marina at 10 a.m. who told us to expect a good trip but we would experience 1 to 3 footers…
Carrabelle, FL – 1/14/11 (last night)
The Moorings Marina is a very nice place where everyone just bends over backwards to make you feel comfortable. It is also the final marina before entering the Gulf to go to either western Florida or start the big bend. It is a very small town but jus…
Carrabelle, FL – 1/13/11
Not much happening today. A trip to the local IGA across the street from the marina and on to the ACE Hardware next door with Skip to pick up a couple items then back to the boat to do engine checks before we get the green light. To respond to a coup…
Carrabelle, FL – 1/12/11
A nice lazy day but pretty chilly outside. We did our laundry at the marina laundromat and I walked to the ACE Hardware store across the street from the marina. When we were getting ready to leave Port St. Joe I had put a small heater on the helm to …
Carrabelle, FL – 1/11/11
Finally we are on the move again! We left Port St. Joe about Dawn 30 (0720) and traveled the 60 miles to the Moorings Marina in Carrabelle, FL which will be our launching port for the Gulf Crossing. The trip over was pretty uneventful but chilly. For t…
